The need for a ceasefire was reiterated by French President Emmanuel Macron in a marathon telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as the second phase of the war in Russia progressed. Kremlin fire kills civilians daily.
According to the French network BFMTV and the newspaper Le Parisien, the two politicians spoke on the phone for two hours and ten minutes strong>.
During their telephone conversation, the Russian president asked the West to stop the delivery of weapons to Ukraine, as reported by the Kremlin, while in the process, the Elysee issued a statement on the conversation between the two leaders.
As The French president focused on the effects of Russian aggression, calling for a “new ceasefire”. Macron also expressed concern about the situation in < strong> Donbas and Mariupol , while calling on Russia to allow evacuation operations from the Azovstal steel plant.
In particular, it called on Russia to end its destructive aggression and assume its responsibilities as a permanent member of the Security Council. Earlier this week, the French president spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and expressed his commitment to military support.
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Putin accused Kyiv of not showing “seriousness” in the negotiations, although he reiterated that his country remained open to dialogue.
Putin's concern over an international food crisis over the war in Ukraine, with the Russian president blaming his country for Western sanctions.
According to the Kremlin, Putin told Macron that the West could help put an end to “war crimes (and mass bombings of cities and towns in Donbass” “that led to civilian casualties, he said.
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«The West can help put an end to & # 8217; “These atrocities by exerting influence over the Kiev government and stopping sending weapons to Ukraine,” the RIA Novosti quoted the Kremlin as saying, although since the start of the war. in Ukraine, Putin and Macron had regular telephone conversations, the last time they spoke was almost five weeks ago, on March 29 .
The presidents of France and Russia, who had eight times since the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24, they had not exchanged words since the discovery of the massacre of civilians in Butsa.
Describing it as “unacceptable” “Pictures of the bodies found in the city northwest of Kiev, Macron said, the Russian authorities should be” accountable for these crimes. ” On April 25, Kremlin President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as President of France, wishing him “good health and success.” In Paris, the telephone conversation between Macron and Putin today took place on the initiative of the 44-year-old leader of the Fifth French Republic.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on developments in front of the war.
